Rebecca Salsbury Strand
probably 1924
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Alfred Stieglitz
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 11.5 × 9.1 cm (4 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.)
mount: 34.1 × 25.4 cm (13 7/16 × 10 in.) -
Accession Number
1949.3.566
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Stieglitz Estate Number
211E
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Key Set Number
1044
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1044.
Inscriptions
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 211 E
Wikidata ID
Q64035193
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
In August 1924 the Strands visited Lake George. On 5 September Stieglitz wrote to Rebecca Strand that he had been developing some snaps and had a few “amusing shots” of her (YCAL).